We are pleased to announce the International Congress on High-speed Rail: Technologies and
Long Term Impacts to be held at the University of Castilla La Mancha (Spain) 6-8 October, 2017.
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Considering that High-speed Rail has been in operation for more than half a century in Japan
and thirty-five years in Europe, this Congress aims to debate the long term Technologic, Socioeconomic and Transport/Territorial impacts of High-speed Rail and to develop a better
understanding of the planning criteria for the future.
Papers are welcome on a wide range of HSR related themes covering and will be accepted based
on peer review:
1.-HSR infrastructure and services on a medium and long-term perspective
2.-Changes in accessibility due to the introduction of HSR
3.-Interpreting travel demand in different territorial and social contexts
4.-Does HSR produce social, economic and territorial balance or inequality.
5.-Conventional and unusual HSR users: passengers and freight.
6.-The local characteristics and the social, economic, policy and territorial implications
7.-Maintenance and productivity of rail tracks and infrastructure.
8.-Evaluating the different infrastructure options
9.-New developments on HSR infrastructure design and construction.
10.-Maintenance and productivity of Stations.
11.-Evaluating usefulness and maintenance of rolling material and energy, communications and
signalling superstructure.
12.-The European HSR system technical consolidation.
13.-Advances in HSR technology and the return of the HSR experience
14.-The impact in technology development, transfer and in international commerce.
15.-Governance procedures and good practices for HSR unfolding.
16.-Sustainability and pollution.
17.-Overall social, economic, territorial and sustainability evaluation.
18.-Methodologies for evaluating the medium and long-term social profitability.
Publication. The organizers have contacted the Editors of several journals regarding the
possibility of special issues. In case of acceptance, selected papers would be subject to the usual
double blind peer-review process. Authors interested in this possibility should consider
requirements established in the Congress Web Page. The Congress proceedings will also be
published.
Important dates
Abstract submission: April 5th, 2017
Acceptance Notice (after peer review): May 5th, 2017
Registration: Early bird up to June 30th
Full-paper submission: July 28th, 2017.
Meeting days: Wednesday 6th to Friday 8th, October 2017.
For more details see the Congress web page: http://eventos.uclm.es/7333/detail/internationalcongress-on-high-speed-rail_-technologies-and-long-term-impacts.html